Psychiatric Services
- Volume 39
- Number 5
- May 1988
Article
Publication date: 01 May 1988
Pages501–502In these two columns, we have briefly reviewed the research on the effects on memory of lithium, anticonvulsants, anticholinergics, neuroleptics, antidepressants, beta blockers, and benzodiazepines. Evidence suggests that all classes of psychotropic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.5.501Publication date: 01 May 1988
Pages505–509A key objective of the Reagan administration when it took office in 1981 was to decrease domestic spending. Intending to offer the new administration "a little bit of a present," employees in the General Accounting Office, an arm of Congress, identified ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.5.505Publication date: 01 May 1988
Pages510–516A total of 529 homeless adults in Los Angeles County were surveyed to determine the relation- ship between their previous use of mental health services and their physical health status, utilization of medical services, personal habits affecting health, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.5.510Publication date: 01 May 1988
Pages517–527Confusing and contradictory resuits have emerged from studies of the relationship between anxiety disorders and mitral valve prolapse (MVP), a commonly occurring heart defect that has been associated with chest pain, palpitations, tachycardia, and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.5.517Publication date: 01 May 1988
Pages528–533A clinically trained chaplain working part time in an acute psychiatric day hospital unit af- fords patients an opportunity to explore the religious dimension of their lives and educates staff about how to address patients' religious beliefs and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.5.528Publication date: 01 May 1988
Pages533–536In a university teaching hospital, the charts of 150 psychiatric inpatients consecutively referred for EEG were reviewed to survey the clinical use of the EEG by psychiatrists. Individual psychiatrists referred between 18 and 31 percent of their caseloads,...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.5.533Publication date: 01 May 1988
Pages537–542Because of rapid patient turnover and periodic therapist rotations, inpatient psychotherapy groups with open membership can sometimes appear to beforever beginning or forever ending. Described here is a model of group process that identifies four distinct ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.5.537Publication date: 01 May 1988
Pages542–545Cohesiveness, an essential element in successful therapy groups, is difficult to establish and maintain in inpatient settings where group membership is constantly changing. Cohesiveness can be increased by the use of a closed group model, in which all ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.5.542Publication date: 01 May 1988
Pages546–549Issues in selecting a format for group therapy for schizophrenic patients on a short-term acute care unit are discussed. After comparing the relative merits of open and closed groups and of diagnostically homogeneous and heterogeneous groups, the author ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.5.546Publication date: 01 May 1988
Pages550–553The results of this study support the conclusion that a comprehensive psychosocial program is effective in helping chronic mentally ill individuals achieve a higher level of functioning. Its effectiveness was particularly apparent on the more objective ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.5.550Publication date: 01 May 1988
Pages553–555We have reported on a demonstmation project aimed at the integration of state and community-based services. Although the integration is still not complete, it appears to have had a promising impact on systemic indicators of continuity of care. The project ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.5.553Publication date: 01 May 1988
Pages555–557Although the number of demented elderly dwelling in the community is high, little is known about this group and their needs. An important step in learning about that population is to estimate the bunden that results from an elderly person's cognitive ...
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